Russian authorities target Nobel Prize-winning human rights group with arrests and raids.
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Russian authorities have arrested Ivan Pavlov, a prominent human rights lawyer and a leading member of the advocacy group Memorial, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020. Pavlov has been charged with disclosing information from a confidential investigation and could face up to three months in jail. The arrest is the latest in a series of crackdowns on human rights activists and opposition figures in Russia.
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